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Smart Mouth

By: Katherine Spiers / TableCakes Productions
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  • An addictively illuminating, often hilarious, conversational podcast about the surprising histories behind the foods we love. Hosted by independent journalist and food anthropologist, Katherine Spiers (LA Times, LA Weekly, KCET, Eater, How to Eat L.A.). Guests include Anthony Bourdain, Georgia Hardstark, Jacques Pepin, Llewellyn Clarke, Sarah Kuhn, Claudette Zepeda, Jon Garbus, Danny Trejo, Flula Borg and many other compelling people who eat food!
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Episodes
  • Sesame Balls with Kat Lieu

    Sesame Balls with Kat Lieu
    Jun 5 2024

    You can make restaurant-quality pho at home. You just gotta believe in yourself, and also fuel up on dozens of sesame balls.

    Modern Asian Kitchen

    Kat IG

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    Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal.

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    Music: Wassup Pham - Sabzi

    Sources:

    Modernist Cuisine

    The Fresh Loaf

    A Taste of History

    Reddit

    VolleyTalk

    Wall Street Journal

    Journal of Chinese Literature

    The Sino-Platonic Papers

    Classical Chinese Poems in English
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    36 mins
  • Food Gifts with Elle Simone Scott

    Food Gifts with Elle Simone Scott
    May 22 2024

    The resident food stylist at America's Test Kitchen on the history of boxes of chocolate ... and where she might find Lupin.

    Food Gifts: 150 Irresistible Recipes for Crafting Personalized Presents

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    Related episodes:

    Chocolate

    Eggnog

    Fika, Sweden's Obsession

    Christmas Candy

    Breadlines & Famines

    Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music • Podurama

    Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal.

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    Music: Place Vendôme - Mathieu Lamboley

    Sources:

    Food52

    Russell Stover

    Baker’s Coconut on Gutenberg.org

    Pensacola News Journal

    The Montgomery Advertiser

    The Bangor Daily News

    Press and Sun-Bulletin

    The Crowley Post-Signal
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    37 mins
  • Hickory, Pecans, and Soup

    Hickory, Pecans, and Soup
    Apr 26 2024

    A dish I had absolutely never heard of before.

    Related Episode: Diversity in Native American Food with Loretta Barrett Oden

    Corn Dance: Inspired First American Cuisine

    Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Pandora • Spotify • TuneIn • Libsyn • Amazon Music • Podurama

    Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. If you'd rather make a one-time gift, I'm on Venmo and PayPal.

    Katherine TikTok

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    Music: Une Noix - Charles Trenet

    Sources:

    Cherokee Cooklore

    Serious Eats

    Slow Food USA

    USDA

    MPR News

    BBC

    USDA Agricultural Research Service
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    10 mins
Art World Food & Wine
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